New Trends In Storage Technology: AFD
I have a passing interest in storage technology and trends so you can probably guess I got really excited after...
2010-04-01
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Kendal Van Dyke
SQL Saturday #33 Recap
SQL Saturday #33 was held on Saturday, 3/6, at the Microsoft campus in Charlotte. Hosted by the Charlotte SQL Server...
2010-03-16
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Solid State Drive Performance Hands-On: Part 1
(Punch it, Hurb
Yo, I don't think we should talk about this
Come on, why not?
People might misunderstand what...
2010-03-09
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Presenting At SQL Saturday #33 - Charlotte
Just a quick note to let you know that I'm presenting two sessions at SQL Saturday #33 in Charlotte on...
2010-02-17
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A Tale Of Two Execution Plans – Solved!
Earlier this week I wrote about a perplexing problem I was having where identical servers were producing different execution plans...
2010-02-12
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A Tale Of Two Execution (Updated)
Update: Scroll to the bottom for more information added after originally posting.
Earlier this week a coworker asked me for help...
2010-02-10
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Three Things That Got Me Here
Tim Mitchell (Blog | Twitter) and Jack Corbett (Blog | Twitter) both tagged me in the latest meme circulating through the SQL...
2010-02-04
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Use Your Tech Skills To Help Haiti
By now you've heard about last week's earthquake in Haiti and have seen the devastating impact that it had on...
2010-01-19
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We Interrupt Your Regular SQL Blogging For This Announcement…
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty
@name = N'IsWifePregnant',
@value = N'True',
@level0type = N'USER',
@level0name = N'Kendal.VanDyke' ;
EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty
@name = N'ExpectedDueDate',
@value = N'August 2010',
@level0type = N'USER',
@level0name...
2010-01-12
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10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-12
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
Post-quantum key exchange – Insurance policy for your packets
AWS recently added support for Post-Quantum Key Exchange for TLS in Application Load Balancer...
Forums
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Encoding URLs
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers